diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index 3dab006b4a03..7e7405c9b936 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -1182,6 +1182,13 @@ static int __auxtrace_mmap__read(struct auxtrace_mmap *mm,
 		data2 = NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (itr->alignment) {
+		unsigned int unwanted = len1 % itr->alignment;
+
+		len1 -= unwanted;
+		size -= unwanted;
+	}
+
 	/* padding must be written by fn() e.g. record__process_auxtrace() */
 	padding = size & 7;
 	if (padding)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index a171abbe7301..471aecbc4d68 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ struct auxtrace_record {
 				      const char *str);
 	u64 (*reference)(struct auxtrace_record *itr);
 	int (*read_finish)(struct auxtrace_record *itr, int idx);
+	unsigned int alignment;
 };
 
 #ifdef HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT